Well, I bought the G1 Black repaint for 3 reasons. I like the idea of a "Nemesis Prime" character, the Jafcon version is a little rich for my blood, and the box is a near perfect remake of the original. I know it's a KO, but the original prime in the KO box still looks great on the shelf.
I wouldn't feel sorry for the buyers, the auctions state clearly that they are KOs.

Well, I bought the G1 Black repaint for 3 reasons. I like the idea of a "Nemesis Prime" character, the Jafcon version is a little rich for my blood, and the box is a near perfect remake of the original. I know it's a KO, but the original prime in the KO box still looks great on the shelf.
I wouldn't feel sorry for the buyers, the auctions state clearly that they are KOs.

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Those auctions don't though listed above don't. I think it is fine when the auctions state that their KOs. Hell, I bought one just for hell of it. However, I heard that the new Prime KOs now lack the grey strip above the trailer making it that much harder to tell the KO from the real deal. At least with Black repaint you know what you're getting.

However, I heard that the new Prime KOs now lack the grey strip above the trailer making it that much harder to tell the KO from the real deal. At least with Black repaint you know what you're getting.

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That's not true. The rumor was started by GetterDragun, who saw a picture on a Yahoo Japan Auction from a seller who was showing pictures of real Optimus Primes (and labeling them as such) but actually selling knockoffs. (The seller has been trying to sell his KO Primes for months and months, so those Prime KOs are old, not new, and he doesn't even have past the Black Optimus and Frenzy/Ravage, so he is far from caught up with recent releases.) Instead of actually trying to order one and seeing what would be sent to him, GetterDragun erroneously assumed that the seller was selling an improved version of the knockoff, and posted a news article on Seibertron to that effect.

That's not true. The rumor was started by GetterDragun, who saw a picture on a Yahoo Japan Auction from a seller who was showing pictures of real Optimus Primes (and labeling them as such) but actually selling knockoffs. (The seller has been trying to sell his KO Primes for months and months, so those Prime KOs are old, not new, and he doesn't even have past the Black Optimus and Frenzy/Ravage, so he is far from caught up with recent releases.) Instead of actually trying to order one and seeing what would be sent to him, GetterDragun erroneously assumed that the seller was selling an improved version of the knockoff, and posted a news article on Seibertron to that effect.

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So that was just a rumor? Great! Whenever I finally bid one I won't have to worry.

Yeah, those are definitely real Primes. Though, the first one has black boxes instead of white boxes and the top of the window cut extends beyond the grey area, so it is probably from the 90's Chinese run (which is real).